Appoint or change a representative person

The appointment of a representative person applies to ships in Part A of the Register of Ships. A representative must be appointed where the owner does not reside in New Zealand or the owner does not have a registered office in New Zealand.

About appointing or changing a representative person

A representative person must be a New Zealand resident. The representative person appointed by the ships’ owner may:

give Maritime New Zealand’s Registrar of Ships any document or other information that the owner would be required to produce to the registrar

receive any documents that need to be passed on to the owner, relating to proceedings for any offence.

A ship owner must notify the Registrar of Ships that they have appointed a representative person, and provide:

the name and address of the representative person – when they apply for the ship to be registered

any change in the identity, or address, of the representative person. They need to do this within 14 days after any such change occurs.